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bluidkiti · 08-09-2022, 06:20 AM

August 9

Sharing My Story Helps Me Stay Sober

About five years ago, long after discharge and well into recovery, I had the honor of speaking to a lot of people at a recovery reunion. Telling my story helps keep me sober. And it’s great to meet all these individuals who get it—they understand even though they didn’t go through the exact same things. They’ve got similar struggles. Similar stories.

You get together with guys from all over the country and you talk about all the stuff you’ve experienced—your parents, your military time, whatever—all the insanity that we inflicted on ourselves and others when we were trying to numb ourselves with alcohol. The dishonesty, the craziness. The way we used people.

You hear it all the time: stay connected, stay connected, stay connected. And I do. If I’m having a bad day, I know I can pick up the phone and call any one of them and they’ll be there for me. We’ll talk for fifteen or twenty minutes. It helps, and that bad day is not as bad as it first seemed.

Today I’ll connect with a friend in recovery to thank them for being there for me and to assure them I’m there for them too.

~Joe K., U.S. Coast Guard, 1988–1996

Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery*

08-09-2022, 06:20 AM	#9
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,920	August 9 Sharing My Story Helps Me Stay Sober About five years ago, long after discharge and well into recovery, I had the honor of speaking to a lot of people at a recovery reunion. Telling my story helps keep me sober. And it’s great to meet all these individuals who get it—they understand even though they didn’t go through the exact same things. They’ve got similar struggles. Similar stories. You get together with guys from all over the country and you talk about all the stuff you’ve experienced—your parents, your military time, whatever—all the insanity that we inflicted on ourselves and others when we were trying to numb ourselves with alcohol. The dishonesty, the craziness. The way we used people. You hear it all the time: stay connected, stay connected, stay connected. And I do. If I’m having a bad day, I know I can pick up the phone and call any one of them and they’ll be there for me. We’ll talk for fifteen or twenty minutes. It helps, and that bad day is not as bad as it first seemed. Today I’ll connect with a friend in recovery to thank them for being there for me and to assure them I’m there for them too. ~Joe K., U.S. Coast Guard, 1988–1996 Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.